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Gordon Foust
Helping clients secure their environments | Infrastructure Security | Azure Security | Senior Manager at Accenture
Cleveland, OH, United States
Details
Education:
Business
Cleveland State University
1991 : 1994
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Toledo
1987 : 1991
Associate's degree
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The University of Toledo College of Engineering
1987 : 1990
College Prep
St. Edward High School
1984 : 1987
Cleveland State University
1991 : 1994
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Toledo
1987 : 1991
Associate's degree
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The University of Toledo College of Engineering
1987 : 1990
College Prep
St. Edward High School
1984 : 1987
Experience:
2021 : Present
Accenture
Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at Accenture
Just about everyone I talk to is considering moving into the Cloud, testing the Cloud, or are using the Cloud in some form or fashion. One of my main focus areas is behind the Logicalis Production Ready Cloud offering to our clients. Our Production Ready Cloud - https : //www.us.logicalis.com/cloud-solutions/ can be beneficial for our clients to understand their expected costs moving into Azure as well as those clients who already have a presence in Azure and would like to have the reassurance that they have built the Azure environment up to best practices in the industry. Product Ready Cloud can provide these answers and much more.
As a Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider, Logicalis is in the top 1% of Microsoft partners globally
Please reach out to me directly at gordon.foust@us.logicalis.com and I will gladly set up a meeting so we can cover the Production Ready Cloud in more detail for you and your needs.
2021 : 2021
LogicalisUS
Microsoft Architect - Azure Cloud
2020 : 2021
LogicalisUS
Microsoft Modern Workplace/Cloud Platform Solutions Consultant
Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data center and cloud services; and managed services.
Logicalis employs over 4,000 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, deploy and manage complex IT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, EMC, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow on an international basis. It has specialized solutions for enterprise and medium-sized companies in vertical markets covering financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, helping customers benefit from cutting-edge technologies in a cost-effective way.
The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of over $1.5 billion from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and the Asia Pacific and is one of the leading IT and communications solution integrators specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of over $6 billion.
My role is to identify Microsoft solutions and to assist our customers in order to reach their Microsoft goals using Logicalis resources.
For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.
2019 : 2020
LogicalisUS
Senior Solutions Architect - Microsoft
Senior IT Architect with more than 27 years of Architecture and Management experience in Retail, Media, Manufacturing, Chemical, Healthcare, Financial Services and Government for many globally dispersed organizations.
Over the last several years, my focus has been on designing and implementing new infrastructures in Azure as well as designing and implementing new O365 environments. Acquiring an extensive data center background has reduced the ramp up time with transitioning into the cloud environments. Expertise in Azure Site Recovery for migrations and redundancies has been instrumental in achieving successful workload implementations into Azure.
Specialties : Identity Management, Federation, Rights Management, Messaging and Cloud platform implementations, including advanced Domino messaging migrations. Technologies include Azure, O365, BPOS, ADFS, RMS, Quest Migration tools, PowerShell.
2016 : 2019
Blue Chip Consulting Group
Senior Solution Architect
Accenture
Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at Accenture
Just about everyone I talk to is considering moving into the Cloud, testing the Cloud, or are using the Cloud in some form or fashion. One of my main focus areas is behind the Logicalis Production Ready Cloud offering to our clients. Our Production Ready Cloud - https : //www.us.logicalis.com/cloud-solutions/ can be beneficial for our clients to understand their expected costs moving into Azure as well as those clients who already have a presence in Azure and would like to have the reassurance that they have built the Azure environment up to best practices in the industry. Product Ready Cloud can provide these answers and much more.
As a Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider, Logicalis is in the top 1% of Microsoft partners globally
Please reach out to me directly at gordon.foust@us.logicalis.com and I will gladly set up a meeting so we can cover the Production Ready Cloud in more detail for you and your needs.
2021 : 2021
LogicalisUS
Microsoft Architect - Azure Cloud
2020 : 2021
LogicalisUS
Microsoft Modern Workplace/Cloud Platform Solutions Consultant
Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data center and cloud services; and managed services.
Logicalis employs over 4,000 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, deploy and manage complex IT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, EMC, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow on an international basis. It has specialized solutions for enterprise and medium-sized companies in vertical markets covering financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, helping customers benefit from cutting-edge technologies in a cost-effective way.
The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of over $1.5 billion from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and the Asia Pacific and is one of the leading IT and communications solution integrators specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of over $6 billion.
My role is to identify Microsoft solutions and to assist our customers in order to reach their Microsoft goals using Logicalis resources.
For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.
2019 : 2020
LogicalisUS
Senior Solutions Architect - Microsoft
Senior IT Architect with more than 27 years of Architecture and Management experience in Retail, Media, Manufacturing, Chemical, Healthcare, Financial Services and Government for many globally dispersed organizations.
Over the last several years, my focus has been on designing and implementing new infrastructures in Azure as well as designing and implementing new O365 environments. Acquiring an extensive data center background has reduced the ramp up time with transitioning into the cloud environments. Expertise in Azure Site Recovery for migrations and redundancies has been instrumental in achieving successful workload implementations into Azure.
Specialties : Identity Management, Federation, Rights Management, Messaging and Cloud platform implementations, including advanced Domino messaging migrations. Technologies include Azure, O365, BPOS, ADFS, RMS, Quest Migration tools, PowerShell.
2016 : 2019
Blue Chip Consulting Group
Senior Solution Architect
Company:
Accenture
Years of Experience:
31
Spoken Language:
German
Skills
Active Directory, Business Analysis, Cisco Technologies, Cloud Computing, Computer Hardware, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, DJI, Drone, Drone Mapping, Drone Photography, Drone Piloting, Drones, Drone Videography, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Software, Firewalls, Hardware, HP, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Integration, IT Management, IT Strategy, Leadership, lotus notes email migrations, Management, Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Networking, Network Security, Professional Services, Program Management, Project Management, SCCM, Security, Servers, SharePoint, System Administration, System Deployment, Troubleshooting, Vendor Management, Virtualization, VMware, Windows 7, Windows Server
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